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Mr. Luchador
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I have to admit... I'm a Flash Norton mark. He was one of the few wrestlers I even bothered to follow on twitter at one point. All he talked about was watching the Vikings, going to the gym and eating a ton of food. I was pretty jealous.
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Deleted member 47027
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He's awesome. He's always been awesome too.
British Monsoon
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Here you go;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z21hEYR3O80#t=109m58s
That's the whole show - there's a fair few other interesting matches on there, Hulk vs Great Muta, Road Warrior Hawk & Power Warrior vs Masahiro Chono & Shinya Hashimoto, Jushin Liger vs Tiger Mask, etc.
ElectricBlanketFire
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This is seriously the greatest...I don't want to say fad...but whatever this is going on with Fandango is the greatest thing ever.
Mr. Enigma
Member
If I recall correctly, this was supposed to be a run-through of sorts for their match at WCW Slamboree 1993, but since Norton fucked his leg up, he couldn't work the show. So naturally WCW freaked out and dug up Nailz to throw in there with Sting for one night. Then Vince almost sued WCW because they owned the "Nailz" gimmick and it was exactly the same except for the fact they simply called him "The Prisoner".
Oh ssssshit. It would of been even more awesome if different cars had different horn sounds, lol.
Watching Hall Of Fame, Foley get's like 2 minutes? Booker get's a recap.. why can't they just get 2 hours and skip the movies or make them shorter. They already aired during the regular shows anyway..
This years class was too big with too many people that needed a lot more time.
This years class was too big with too many people that needed a lot more time.
British Monsoon
Member
Oh yeah, I remember reading about WWF flipping out over that - never saw the match, I imagine it was pretty horrid, though.
Spider from Mars
tap that thorax
WrassleGaf needs a Joseph McCarthy to weed out all these commie snitches. I will be there savior this community needs.
They want you to buy the WrestleMania DVD.
I guess I missed these
You know this is funny, because this was basically how Sgt. Slaughter was in the cartoon series. He would ONLY show up in the big episodes.
I'd be like : "HOLY SHIT IT'S SGT. SLAUGHTER!"
If you only knew how disappointed I was when I saw how unbuff he was in real life... and then soon to be Iraqi/Saddam supporter.
edit: and I think initially you couldn't buy the figure in stores either! Mail in only!
Mr. Enigma
Member
So naturally, WCW almost got sued again later in the year when they brought in The Big Bossman and had him exactly the same except for calling him "The Boss".
What? :|
I wouldn't take it, you just don't mess with the people that handle your drinks/food.
Nothing about that shit is funny. It's just 'hey this is what happens!' that's the joke for them. There is no punchline.
It's the Robot Chicken of wrestling.
Mr. Luchador
Member
This had also crossed our mind! "Dicks dipped in your drink, Sir?" what...
Funny is subjective..it might be easy humor..but it's still humor. It's just basically here's a farce now laugh at it kind of deal that's very one note. All too common with webcomics, and in particular topical ones.
My brother and I were doing the Fandango song and dance at the Nationals game last night. Unfortunately, no one knew what the hell we were doing.
Are you talking about his rematch with Punk? It was pretty good, much better than the Rumble match. You can't be talking about Twice in a Lifetime, because that might have been the worst match of Rock's career. He and Cena had zero energy or enthusiasm, Rock looked bored even before whatever injuries came up, Cena had a BROKEN FREAKIN THUMB! and was trying not to shit himself. It was a terrible match. It's right up there with worst WM main event of all time. There have been 29 of them, and that's for sure in the top 3.
Also, Scott Norton was the fucking man in the nWo just destroying jobbers and cruiserweights with ridiculous clotheslines, powerbombs, and the most awesome shoulder breaker of all time. I used him probably the most in WCW/NWO Revenge, with AKI man being the only guy close to him. He's a dude that I never wanted to see in a 25 minute match, but loved to see in a 7 minute big man bomb throwing sprint or short and crushing squash matches.
Can't say I agree with any of that, and I was there live. Maybe it came across different on TV, or some of you folks are reaching.
Mr. Luchador
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It came across really poorly on the TV. It was very flat.
As long as I'm not totally crazy.
Yeah, it came across completely dead on screen, I guess because the crowd was muted a bit maybe. And both guys looked like they were putting zero effort in, and then the 15 minutes of finisher/finisher/reversal/reversal/finisher/reversal/reversal/reversal/finsher/finisher/finisher/reversal/LOLCENAWINS was so bad.
Meh Austin/Rock had a lot of that, it's just execution really. I can't hold shit against some performers and not others.
slightconfuse
Banned
ROH puts on better spotfest than Rock/Cena 2.
It would be pretty pathetic if they couldn't. I mean that's all they have going for them no?
It certainly not the production.
To be honest, it came across like that live, to me anyway. Other than some booing and "PLEASE TURN HEEL" chants, there was little excitement.
Not even a close up of Rocky saying "get the fuck up motherfucker" got the crowd going.
It was great live. One of the best, most exciting moments, of the night.
With the stadium being so big, excitement was sectional. My section was so hyped.
Perspicacity
Banned
Pro wrestling confession: I have never been sober while watching a Rock + Cena match. I still have not enjoyed them.
It's not like they were sitting on their hands either with criquets. It just wasn't taker/Punk.
I was there live and the match was HORRENDOUS live. Pretty sure I even posted "holy shit how bad was that main event?" in the Wrestlemania thread from the line for the train. I don't remember any "huge" crowd reaction at the end either. I remember a pop for the finish followed instantly by a very large percentage of the audience filing out.
The crowd response was at least better than HHH-Brock, though. That much is true.
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Deleted member 47027
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Dear Carnby:
Yeah different sections had different chants going.
I think on the 1-10 scale, 1 being HHH/Lesnar and 10 being Punk/Taker, Rock/Cena was a solid 3.
Well if they hate Cena and Rock, why would they stay? Like they are going to give you a fair description of anything.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
This always depends on the ability and charisma of the wrestler. Sometimes goofy gimmicks or dances get briefly popular in an ironic way (Norman Smiley?) but if the wrestler is legitimately good he'll stay a fan (or at least smark) favorite.
There's no real negative to suddenly catching on like this. Either you're not good and you enjoy some flash-in-the-pan success you wouldn't have had otherwise, or it's a springboard to a long career.
Perspicacity
Banned
I thought HHH/Lesnar was actually pretty enjoyable for the first half then the action died... which is like the opposite of what a wrestling match should be. But after Brock stopped acting like a suplex dinosaur it got real bad real fast.
I was hoping there would be a control variable. Anyone on any drugs with different results?
Carnby
Member
Dear Carnby:
Perfect! I'll switch avatars when I get on my laptop.
I would just like to point out that Triple H didn't get booed like that one Brock fan wished!
Almost like Batista as a face, really. Hyped for the ring entrance, but they get don't hyped for the actual match. HHH vs Jericho, HHH vs Orton, HHH vs Brock. Oh well.
Yeah Trips has never been so super over as a face, except when he's playing it off as a DX member.
Always been better off as a HEEL, but I'm good with whatever really
Brock / HHH 2 was also better than the first.
Almost like Batista as a face, really. Hyped for the ring entrance, but they get don't hyped for the actual match. HHH vs Jericho, HHH vs Orton, HHH vs Brock. Oh well.
Yeah Trips has never been so super over as a face, except when he's playing it off as a DX member.
Always been better off as a HEEL, but I'm good with whatever really
Brock / HHH 2 was also better than the first.
I had been drinking a lot of ice tea, maybe that helps?
Dave Meltzer
Banned
I was drunk for both Rock Cena matches. The first one I enjoyed. This one was no good except for Cena's troll elbow making believe briefly in #heel